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  "id": 16204245,
  "title": "Ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ex-fbi-officials-charged-with-lying-to-congress-about-hunter-biden",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:07:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6168640-former-fbi-officials-charged-lying-congress/"
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  "summary": "Two former FBI officials are facing charges for lying to Congress about their involvement in the agency’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, who worked in the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) in 2019 and 2020, were taken into custody Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on...",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden’s laptop",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/2-ex-fbi-officials-charged-with-making-false-statements-about-hunter",
        "published": "2026-10-23T14:29:03.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "2 ex-FBI officials charged with lying about Hunter Biden laptop probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/2-ex-fbi-officials-charged-with-lying-about-hunter-biden-laptop-probe",
        "published": "2026-10-23T15:25:47.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Two ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress over Hunter Biden laptop probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/two-ex-fbi-officials-charged-with-lying-to-congress-over-hunter-biden",
        "published": "2026-10-23T18:09:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Two Former F.B.I. Officials Charged With False Statements About Hunter Biden",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/two-former-f-b-i-officials-charged-with-false-statements-about-hunter",
        "published": "2026-10-23T18:18:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Former FBI officials charged in connection with Hunter Biden laptop probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/former-fbi-officials-charged-in-connection-with-hunter-biden-laptop",
        "published": "2026-10-23T18:22:51.000Z"
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